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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

           [405-406]

           WILLIAM H. MERRICK, Sheriff of Huron County and residing at Bad
        Axe, was born in Huron Co., Ont., Feb. 19, 1842, and is the son of
        ROBERT K. and MARY (GRAVES) MERRICK. He was reared on his father's
        farm in the Dominion to the age of 21 years, and spent the four
        years succeeding his majority in the States of Michigan and
        Illinois, and in 1867 he returned to Huron County, and worked as a
        carpenter and joiner. Two years subsequent to his return he engaged
        in the manufacture and sale of boots and shoes at Port Austin, in
        which he was engaged about six years. In the fall of 1874 he was
        nominated on the Democratic ticket for the office of Sheriff, and
        was elected by a majority of 276 over the nominee of the Republican
        party. He received a second nomination in 1876, and a flattering
        re-election by a majority of 179 votes. In 1880 he was again placed
        in nomination and again elected, receiving a majority of 41 votes.
        He was re-elected in the fall of 1882, scoring a majority of 217
        votes. He was elected Probate Judge in 1884 by 611 votes over the
        Republican nominee. He has been an efficient officer, and his
        repeated elections to the same position manifest his popularity. He
        has been a resident of Bad Axe since the spring of 1883. He owns
        80 acres of land in Dwight Township and several lots besides his
        residence at Bad Axe, and also a residence in Port Austin.  He
        belongs to the Masonic fraternity.
           MR. MERRICK was married July 4, 1870, at Port Austin, Huron
        County, to ALLIE HAYES, a native of Rochester, N.Y. She was born
        Dec. 29, 1852. Their children were born as follows: FRANK W., May
        27, 1872; A. R., Dec. 9, 1874; and GALE G., Dec. 29, 1879.
           The publishers of the Huron County Album take special pleasure
        in presenting to its readers a lithographic portrait of MR. MERRICK
        on a preceding page, as that of a worthy and prominent citizen. His
        friends will doubtless be pleased to see that the characteristic
        features of the man are hereby more permanently preserved to future
        generations and to the public generally.

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